The Olympic Games from 1936 were attended by 49 nations with 3,961 athletes (3,633 men and 328 women). They participated in 129 competitions in 34 different sports for about 960 medals. 

This humongous spectacle was observed by 1,800 journalists from 59 nations with 117 photographers and 41 foreign radio stations. The games were also broadcasted through 1 television station.

The Olympic Press Service published on the games since 1933 in 5 languages.

The medal count and resulting ranking as follows in part: 1. Germany, 89 medals, 2. USA, 56 medals, 3. Hungary, 16 medals, 4. Italy, 22 medals, Finland and France with 19 medals each,…

The German Olympic committee performed at the highest organizational level. Because of the unusually large participation of the games in general. Besides the creation of a new and extremely efficient infrastructure many logistical tasks had to be tackled before the games.

A task of particular importance was that of designing the Olympic badge which was to be worn by every athlete and person connected with the Games in an official capacity, denoting at the same time the function of the wearer. It was decided to follow the example of Los Angeles and to provide a combination of medal and ribbon. Of the seven artists who participated in the competition, the jury selected the designs of Professor Walter Raemisch as the most suitable. He combined the landmark of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate, and the five connected rings symbolizing the Olympic Games in a most effective manner. This badge could be attached to ribbons of different colors and contained space for engraving the function or registration number of the wearer. The ribbons would show in addition to the badge the sport a wearer would be registered for. Tombac plated with antique silver was selected as the metal for these badges and the company “L.Chr.Lauer Nürnberg-Berlin”, was commissioned with their production, The company performed its task to complete satisfaction, producing the 14,000 badges necessary in good time before the opening of the Games.

Here a staff (Stab) badge for the “O.K.”, Organising Committee.

The tombac badge is marked with the manufacturers stamp: “L.Chr.Lauer Nürnberg-Berlin” on both parts and has a light blue colored ribbon.